Contact
NBC/MSNBC and tell them to stop the misogyny.
Compiled by Lori Price, www.legitgov.org

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'He's
like the DC sniper, lying in wait, always on the hunt for Hillary... His
guests try to change the subject, embarrassed for his custom-fetishized
caviling.'

Regardless
of who you support (or don't support) in the 2008 presidential 'election,'
aren't you tired of Chris Matthews' nightly women-hating snarky comments
and facial expressions? (As to Tucker Carlson, I don't even want to *go
there.*)

Most
of Matthews's misogyny-gone-wild vitriol (See Media Matters for America's
summaries, below) is directed toward Senator Hillary Clinton. One does
not have to vote for Hillary Clinton or support her candidacy to conclude
that Chris Matthew's daily 'Clinton-bashing' rants are obscene!

The
Founder and Chair of Citizens for Legitimate
Government (CLG), Dr. Michael Rectenwald, a frequent guest on MSNBC,
addressed this issue with NBC's top brass. Below is the email Dr. Rectenwald
sent to NBC/MSNBC.

Regardless
of who you support for president in 2008, the issue at hand: Misogynist
Matthews needs to stop the Clinton-bashing or MSNBC needs to stop him
by getting a new 'Hardball' host! --LRP

MSNBC
misogynist spew by reporter David Shuster, as guest anchor on 'Tucker,'
07 Feb 2008. 'Doesn't
it seem as if Chelsea is sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of
way?'

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On
22 January, the president of NBC News, Steve Capus, wrote back to Michael
Rectenwald, telling him to "easy up."

I have been
viewer and a guest of your network for several years. I appeared numerous
times on "Scarborough Country" before Joe moved to the "Morning
Joe" show. I appeared, infamously, on Tucker, regarding
the David Vitter mini-scandal.

Over the
past months, I have been horrified at the treatment of Hillary Clinton
by Chris Matthews. I find Chris Matthews to be nearly obsessed, in a sick
way, with Hillary Clinton. This obsessiveness has not only been misogynist,
it has also been downright insane.

Chris Matthews
has a special, heavyweight hankering for Hillary hate. His animus appears
to be especially personal, as if she's somehow slighted him, or refused
him a date. He misses no opportunity to scorn her smile, ridicule her
delivery, or sneer at the color of her dress. He spares nary a minute
bolstering any opponent she might have, be he Obama, Edwards or even a
Republican. He's like the DC sniper, lying in wait, always on the hunt
for Hillary. His guests try to change the subject, embarrassed for his
custom-fetishized caviling.

Matthews
even appears to be embarrassed about his own behavior on occasion. His
recent apology bears some witness to this. However, the singular case
of ascribing her success to Bill Clinton's "messing around"
is just the tip of the iceberg. His vitriol is much more widespread and
deep.

As a Democrat
and a liberal activist, I find it impossible to watch "Hardball"
any longer. Matthews is unrepentant, despite his recent
apology. I believe he will continue to bash Clinton irrationally for
as long as he is on the air. I also think his misogyny will continue unabated
after a while.

I urge you
to remember the lesson of Imus, and do something before this recidivist
misogynist makes an irrecoverable mistake.

Matthews
on Clinton's debate performance: "The porridge will be just right."
--Misogynist TV host compares US Senator to 'Goldilocks' in fairy tale
By Lori Price 26 Feb 2008 On MSNBC's 'Hardball,' during segment one
of the 'Hate Hillary Hour,' host Chris Matthews and three pals
ponder, "Which version" of Hillary will show up at the debate
tonight?" Apparently, men are allowed to vary their tactics
and to strategize. Women, on the other hand are hysterical
and whimsical. They keep revealing 'different sides.' Michael
Rectenwald is right. Oh, BTW, Matthews. You never know if and
when one of those *three bears* will growl and bite you in the a**.

Make
no mistake: The GOP-run media is using race to pick off Clinton first,
Obama second. The media is (finally) giving us wall-to-wall political
coverage instead of Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears - but that of the
campaigners and their surrogates, not the issues.
Where is John Edwards? He's as far from Bush as you can get, and so
the corpora-terrorists don't want us to hear/see him. After a Bush false
flag in the summer of 2008, the GOP troll on tap will gain about 10
points heading into the November 'elections.' When the GOP steals a
*third* presidential 'election,' the Reichwing - pushing race as a false
front-and-center issue 24/7 - will claim that even though Barack Obama
was ahead in pre-election polls, people must lied to pollsters and
in fact, decided not to vote for an African American for president,
after all! Hint: Do you think we will be getting wall-to-wall coverage
of the Kennedys, when the general election campaign begins? LOL, we'll
be back to Lindsay and Britney in the blink of an eye. --LRP
28 Jan 2008

The
GOP-run media is making 'race' the issue in the Democratic primary,
so that people are brainwashed into forgetting that Bush is carrying
out genocide in Iraq for Exxon, Halliburton and Blackwater while trying
to kill as many elderly, poor people and minorities at home, by turning
over the National Treasury to same. Don't fall for the media's false
front-and-center issue of race, to dissuade people from voting against
sociopath John McCain, GOPervert Mitt Romney - or whichever Republican
warmonger is on the menu - in November. --LRP
26 Jan 2008

On
Friday's 'Hardball,' Chris Matthews asks a(nother) rightwing pundit:
'Do you like that all these guys have chosen her
[Hillary Clinton] as their target range?' It's YOU, Chris Matthews,
who has her in YOUR target range!Tell
MSNBC to Stop the Misogyny!'Chris
Matthews is like the DC sniper, lying in wait, always on the hunt for
Hillary.'
--MDR 25 Jan
2008

During
Wednesday's 'Hardball,' a graphic superimposed over Chris Matthews's
shoulder - during one of his Clinton-bashing segments - actually read,
'Can
Bill kill for Hill?'
Matthews's next graphic was that of John Edwards's head with text about
his hair, leading into a special feature on John Edwards's hair and
grooming. For his next segment's promo, Matthews intoned,'Coming
up: Who's got the sleaziest friends - Hillary or Barack?'
--LRP 24 Jan 2008

'If
Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic nomination, she'll be running as
a team, with Bill Clinton, for president. Specifically: How would you
run against Bill and Hillary Clinton, in November?' --Sexist Hill-bully
(and Coup 2000 co-architect) Tim Russert,
during the GOP debate on MSNBC --LRP
24 Jan 2008

It's
Hard out Here for a Pimp (like Shuster): Cable "News" and the
Pimping of Myth--The
Rec Report
By Michael Rectenwald 10 Feb 2008 Remarks by MSNBC reporter/anchor, David
Shuster, about pimping Chelsea Clinton have caused a petit mal
convulsion... On the first level of signification, the level of
language, the comment
posits Hillary in the role of pimp, and Chelsea in the role of prostitute.
Despite the remonstrance of Republicans, Obama fans, and other Clinton
haters-that the vernacularism has been divested of its strict denotation
and the word "pimp" has lost its sexual significance- "pimp" still retains
the meaning of sexual hustler. That's exactly how such vernacularisms
work.

'I became
Chelsea's mother long before I ran for any office and I will always be
a mom first and a public official second.' Clinton
Calls Shuster Comment Part of 'Troubling Pattern'09 Feb 2008
In a press conference at the University of Maine, Sen. Hillary Rodham
Clinton called controversial comments made Thursday about her daughter
Chelsea part of a "troubling pattern of demeaning treatment" by MSNBC.
Clinton's campaign has also taken issue with some remarks in the past
by MSNBC's Chris Matthews.

MSNBC
Suspends Shuster Over Clinton Comment08
Feb 2008 MSNBC suspended correspondent David Shuster this afternoon for
making a disparaging remark about Chelsea Clinton as officials in her
mother's campaign raised the possibility of punishing the network by pulling
out of a planned debate in Cleveland. While filling in as an anchor yesterday,
Shuster was discussing the 27-year-old's role in Hillary Clinton's campaign
when he asked: "Doesn't it seem as if Chelsea is sort of being pimped
out in some weird sort of way?" [See: Identity
Politics: Sexism, Racism and the Political Imaginary --The
Rec Report By Dr. Michael Rectenwald 24 Jan 2008.]

Reporter
initially defended Chelsea comment 08 Feb 2008 A copy of the e-mail
exchange between MSNBC's David Shuster and Philippe Reines, a longtime
Clinton aide, was obtained by Politico. On Thursday, Shuster guest-hosted
Tucker Carlson's MSNBC show, "Tucker," and in referring to Chelsea Clinton's
role in calling superdelegates on behalf of the Clinton presidential campaign,
he asked if she was "sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?"

MSNBC's
Chelsea comment angers Clinton--Anchor
Shuster apologized on the air for his comment
08 Feb 2008 MSNBC says it has temporarily suspended anchor David Shuster
from all NBC news broadcasts -- except to offer his on-air apology for
what he said about Chelsea Clinton.

Dr. Rec
details the "Tweety Effect."Identity
Politics: Sexism, Racism and the Political Imaginary
--The Rec ReportBy Dr. Michael Rectenwald 24 Jan 2008 Obama, the first viable African-American
presidential candidate in our nations history, has been used to
provide a "liberal" Trojan horse for sexists like Matthews to
drive their misogyny home. But as divided as the electorate is by the
Clinton-Obama clash, liberal activists have
not been fooled. I submit that not only is Matthewss deployment
sexist; it is also racist. Its a cynical use of supposed progressive
anti-racism to cut in anti-progressive ways.

Chris
Matthews addresses firestorm 17 Jan 2008 On the January 17 edition
of MSNBC's Hardball, host Chris Matthews addressed the firestorm
sparked by his comment
about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) that "the reason she's a U.S.
senator, the reason she's a candidate for president, the reason she may
be a front-runner is her husband messed around. That's how she got to
be senator from New York. We keep forgetting it. She didn't win there
on her merit."

With
women, Matthews administers the "Chris Matthews test" 17 Jan 2008
Summary: As Media Matters for America has extensively documented,
MSNBC host Chris Matthews has a history of making degrading comments about
women, particularly Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham
Clinton (NY). A Media Matters review of Matthews' MSNBC commentary
found that, in particular, Matthews frequently comments on the physical
appearances of his female guests and of other women discussed on his program.

Does
Chris Matthews have a problem with women?11 Jan 2008 Using overtly
sexist language, he has referred to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)
as a "she devil" and compared her to a "strip-teaser." He has called her
"witchy" and likened her voice to "fingernails on a blackboard." He has
referred to men who support her as "castratos in the eunuch chorus." He
has suggested Clinton is not "a convincing mom" and said "modern women"
like Clinton are unacceptable to "Midwest guys." He has called her "Madame
Defarge" and "Nurse Ratched."

After
vowing not to underestimate Clinton, Matthews asserted, "[T]he reason
she may be a front-runner is her husband messed around" 09 Jan
2008 During MSNBC's coverage of the January 8 New Hampshire Democratic
primary, Chris Matthews -- host of MSNBC's Hardball -- discussed
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-NY) victory and said, "I've seen her
now address large crowds in the last couple of days -- thousands of people
-- under tremendous stress when it looked like she was losing this primary
campaign, based upon all the polling. And she stood out there for several
hours at a time taking every question." Matthews went on to say, "I give
her a lot of personal credit. I will never underestimate Hillary Clinton
again." But as media critic and blogger Greg Sargent noted,
during an appearance on the January 9 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe,
Matthews said of Clinton, "Let's not forget -- and I'll be brutal -- the
reason she's a U.S. senator, the reason she's a candidate for president,
the reason she may be a front-runner is her husband messed around. That's
how she got to be senator from New York. We keep forgetting it. She didn't
win there on her merit. She won because everybody felt, 'My God, this
woman stood up under humiliation,' right? That's what happened."

Hill-bullies
May Bring US Four More Years of GOP Rule
--The Rec Report --By Michael Rectenwald 08 Mar 2007 Hill-bullies
are not exclusive to Faux and Raunch. Chris Matthews, the otherwise floundering
middleweight chameleon, has a special, heavyweight hankering for Hillary
hate. His animus appears to be especially personal, as if she's somehow
slighted him, or refused him a date... If we continue to join in all those
rein-in-Hillary games of the right, we might just end up with Rudolph
or Huckabee.